Mr. Chair, one thing that has become clear is the reality that Transport Canada, its officials and ourselves need to work very hard to ensure that we are doing everything we can to respond to the Auditor General's report with respect to the implementation of SMS and the oversight activity. We will continue to do that.
As I have said, we will have 100% compliance in terms of training this spring with respect to that. Specifically the number of oversight positions and the amount of oversight in civil aviation is a significant number of positions. It is almost 1,800 positions in total. Civil aviation is 1,100 of that and the balance is made up of marine safety, rail safety, and transportation of dangerous goods.
It is incredibly important to note that safety and the safe passage of transport and passengers is always at the core of what Transport Canada does. That is what these inspectors do. We want them to work within the safety management systems because that has been indicated and in fact is the international standard and the one that we should be trying to achieve.